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r- ASSOCUTTXI DISTATUXZS T u a. I - -MINI TODAY VOLUME XVIIL 0. a ESZXXIUU Bite Mi CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918. Price Five Cents. NO. 2CJ - inn v.liii.-. nnp ; t j j - is ; s 1 If PIP CM ! 11 UlLi Oil JUIL liUll ! The CoNCOiiD Daily Tribute j Y u '4 . i:l GERLIAH FIELD MARSHAL VON EICHHORN AND HIS ADJUTANT ARE KILLED BY A BOMB Bomb Thrown at Them Last Night While They Were Driving to Headquarters From the Casino. THE ASSASSIN IS A LAD OF 23 The Assassin and the Cab Driver Have Been Arrest ed. The Crime Originated With Social Revolutionists. (By The Associated Press.) Amsterdam, July 31. Field Marshal von Elrhhom, the German commander In the Ukraine, and his adjutant, were seriously wounded by a bomb at Kiev Thursday, says an official announce ment received here from the Ukrain ian -capital. -A later nieiwnge from Kiev an nounced that Field Marshal von Elch horn and the Adjutant died last night. The bomb was thrown at the men while they were driving to headquar ters from the Casino. Field Marshal's adjutant Is named Capt. von Dressier. The bomb which wounded the Field Marshal and the adjutant was thrown from a rab which drove close to their carriage as they were approach ing the Held marshal's residence. The assassin and the cub driver have been arrested. It has been established, the telegram declares, that the crime originated with the socialist revolutionists in Moscow. The assassin of the field marHh.il was a lncl-of 2.'t. He declared at the inquiry held after the crime, the advices state, that he came from the province of Kyazau adjacent to Moscow, on orders from n communist committee, to kill the field marshal. Ho reached Kiev yesterday. TO COMMANDER YELLOW PINE OF TIIE SOUTH Due To Fact That Wooden Ship Lut'd ing Has Been Seriously Hampers! (By The Associated Press.) Washington. July lit. Cominnidecr ing -of. thtyrtlowvpiite. nf HuvrWmH m-iy be-resorted to by . Chairman IW--ruch of the War Industries Board un less the government's needs are fully supplied. The wooden ship building program is being scrloiHy bumpered, it was snlil toduy by officials of the cmereeiiev fleet corporation because southern yel low pine interests hive not fully met more promptly the dcra'iid for henvv t. tubers required In ship construction. ' Kentucky Election ProGpects. Louisville.-Ky.. July 31 The Ken tucky p:U.ticsl cunpalgn has livened to a noticeable extent with the ner approach of the general priniarie-s which wlll.be held., next Saturday. Luck of Import.1 lit .. contests, however, still serves to keep the ' public inter ; cats at n campar -lively low ebb.' Nominitions will be mide in the primaries for I'liltod Stntes senator, represent at ves In Oougress, Judges of the court of appeals,, members of the legislature and county officers. Thsre Is no guV-rnntorlnl election this .tear United St ite Senator OUIe M. James is a candidate for renomluntlou on the Denncratlc ticket. His only op . poncnt Is Preoton .Kimball of Lexlng vton. The .contest for-the Republican senatorial - nnmlnntion Is iKitweon Jnd-re Burgess J. Betburuui of Somer set and Dr. Ben L, tiniher of Loul's- ville. - . . '. V v - . . There are nine Democratic Congress men and two Republicans and no change in the politics! complexion of : the consrermen Is expected. . - Honor Plates the Latest Washinrrton, D.'C, July 31. A new patriotic fad has taken Arm hold on the Nation's capital. It la the Honor ' Plate, an rrtUitic and dignified family service Insignia designed to serve the same purpose as the familiar service flag which now floats from tens of . thousands of homes throughout the land. The Honor Plate Is a bronse ' tablet about the side of the ordinary door-plate. - n Its face It bears In ar tistic lettering tho inscription: "This Is the Home of-a Soldier Defending the Cause of God, Humanity and Am erica." The plates made their1 first appearance 'In, the capital several weeks ago. Now they are to be found adorning the doors of half the stately mansions along; Connecticut avenue and - fashionable , thoroughfares ' of Washington. -..' Maekensen . Said To Have Displaced Berne, ' via Paris, July 0. Field , ttrshal von Maekensen, Germany's famous caValrj; general, who conquer ed Serbia,' Montenegro and Rumania, and who won .. fame with his break' ,, through on the DunaJec, is today In chief command of all German armies In the west, according to dispatches 111 terlng through from German sources. Maekensen Is reported to have arrlv- , ed at Grand German Headquarters on the western front. The .same advices report that General Ludcndorff has . been displaced. f. ' .'iV; 'V'.;'f May Deny Coal Where Wood Is Plen- ' Washington, July 30. Stale fuel administrators, were advised today by that they have authority to prohibit, the United States fuel administration except under special, order, the sale of . coal to domestic consumers In locali ties where a plentiful BUpply of wood Is available They also were advised , t' 't If wood denier advance prices I- a ' M ! I " i 1 demand, they v ; i v r P.e I rv r act. NOECOTT ITEMS' Hisses SUdasere Entertain. 8ervit Flac NuasersMS Perianal Beast. Mrs. Emma Wright has returned from Virginia where she has been vis iting friends for several months. Mr. Adam Burrls spent last week with nome folks In Albemarle. Misses Minnie and Catherine Skid- more entertained a number of their friends last Wednesday night at a par ty, loose present were Misses Lillle Tucker, Bertie, Minnie and Margaret Miller, Mae and Margaret Clay. Messrs. Andrell Ferguson. Esrl Balles, Daniel Rasley, Hugh Beadllng sad Carl Sides. Quiet a number of nines were played and music was furnished by Miss Kstherltie at. the piano. ' . a service nag has been made for the employees who are mom ln-aval and military service for the U. 8. A.' At present there are seventeen stars. Those In service are: J. C. P. McDon ald, Lawson aud Lawrence Johnson, Ed Clark, W. B. Deadman, Taylor Mes- slmer. Charlie Britt. O. K. Foster. Bruce Parker. Kred and Ned Bonn irk Harry Skidinore, Mike Hill. Will Hol der, Heath Morris, (colored) Kobert Pharr, Ben Douglass, Walter Mc Knlght Misses MHIe Tucker and Bertie Mil ler, Messrs Andrell Ferguson and Adam Burris spent Sunday afternoon at Miss Tucker's home near Plunkett school. air. and Mrs. W. T. Cooke, spent the week end In Lexington having been called there on account of the death of a relative. Little Miss Arlelgh and Master Van Lents returned home after spending several weeks with grandparents.. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Boat. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur McDonald and Miss Shelby Bost, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Ints Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Council is able to lie uu again after an illness of malaria fever. Mr. nnd Mrs. Bud Clny and family spent Friday with Mr. aud Mrs. J. F. Miller. Mr. Lloyd Mlsenheimer of the II. S. X., spent several days with relatives In our section last week. He returned to Washington Thursday night. Mr. Kverett Jordou. is. visiting rela-. tives here. , . The bath house for the omnloyces has !een completed and Is," Indeed, a great help to the people,'' Lltt'e Miss Paiifln Flint Is spending severn 1 weeks with grandparents Mr. nnd ; Mrs. Ell Furr. - " X. MS, RAILROAD DETECTIVES ? HOT ON BANDITS' TRAIL Masked Man Enr'y Yesterday Robbed Safe of Chesapeake and Ohio Ex ' press In Virginia. Chiuiottesville. . Va.. July. 30. Rail road detectives arc tonight working on Clues which may lead to the arrest within 21 hours of the masked bandit who '-robbed the safe of the, westbound Chesnpeage and Ohio express soon af ter It pulled out from here at 2:20 o'clock this moniln?. Express Messen ger Al Marshall, of Washington, who was hound and gngged In h s car be fore the. bandit rifled the safe was re lieved of duty at Cllftou Forge, and returned to. Staunton, where he spent the afternoon in the hope that he mltiit he able to Identify the man who held him up. The belief prevails, here that the bandit escaped from the train when k stopped on the siding at Greenwood. 20 miles west of here, to allow an east bound passenger train to pass In that event he may be hiding In the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Detectives believe - the holdup . was the work of an ami teur. Judging from the manner Jn which he; went' about the task of binding the express mes senger. The small rope used was tier around Marshall's hands instead of around the wrists. The novice manhit was also careless with h's gun. While the messenger was being tied he no ticed the intruder's pistol lying close by on the floor.- Grabbing It with his free hand he was In the act of point ing it at the bandit's head before he was detected. ; ' Express officials have not divulg ed the total amount missing, but local police are of the i belief that . it is around $135,000. A quantity of bonds was left undisturbed WILL SEEK 50,000 LABORERS. V. S. Bureau Thursday Begins To Dis tribute Unskilled Men in War Work Washington Post. Approximately- 60,000 unskilled la borers will be needed' by war factor ies Thursday,. when the United States employment service, begins Its national war lubor recruiting campaign. The service Is receiving dally': de mands from . war factories ' In every part ' of the country for men.. On Thursday private labor recruiting will cease. Under an order from the Labor Department employers then will be ob liged' to get workers through the de partment. '- . '-.'"; - ! rf '-r Having completed organisation of State and community boards, the ser vice plans to announce State quotas Thursday. The quota will be the num ber of men a given State will ke asked to furnish to keep the war factories running, Because of the shortage of unskilled labor nonessential industries will be expected to sacrifice Workers for war factories. Asks OenT Mile for All Soldiers. ' A rate of one cent a mile for all sol diers on leave of absence was asked yesterday of the rsllroad administra tion by Senator Caldcr. This rate is how given to men on "furlough, but men on leave of absence desiring to visit their homes must pay, the full rate of three cents a nVik-Mff many cases this rate Is prohltdUve. . Tort much truth-telling eost Von KueiilniMim ids Job. Truth. Ilka u v ou,r r'i!!i!:.. :,u, 1 1 j c. c j jj c Three Men f Dsvldsw Csonty Had Been Defying the Ciiunasnrt. Lexington, J. C July SI. Three draft deserters, David. Oths snd Wal ter Nlfoug. who have been defying the government. rere arrested by a posse of twelve federal and state officers snd "cltisens, st the home of Samuel Nifonjc, thirteen miles north of here, st sn esrly hour this morning. The three were in the same room snd ly ing on a bed when the officers forced sn entrance. There were three double barreled shot gun's, losded with bnck sbot -and four powerful pistols were within easy distance In the room, along with about 800 rounds of ammunition. The men were brought here and tak en to Salisbury, and will be carried to Camp Greene tomorrow and turned over to the military authorities. Samuel Nlfong. father of Otha and Walter Nlfong and uncle of David Ni fong, was arrested and placed under 11,000 bond on the charge of aiding de serters. It is reported that 4he three men had on numerous occasions de clared they would kill any officer who came for them t The. dossb snrsns a surprise, sod sursonnded thftniiu snd entered while the three. were still in bed. Deputy U. S. Marshal H. C. Trott, of Salisbury, organized and led the raid. DISMISS PETITION OF BELL TELEPHONE CO. Which Asked To Increase Rates In a Number of Cities in the State. iBy The Associated Praa.) Raleigh, July 31. The North Caro lina Corporation Commission today dismissed the petition of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, asking for permission to in crease rates in a numlier of cities iu this state. In dismissing the petition the Com mission stated that since hearing the matter recently, the government had taken Over the operation of all tele phone lines in the country, including Hues of the petitioner, and should it become necessary under government control to increase the rate, Federal authorities can do so. The cities in which the telephone company asked to increase rates were : Charlotte,-Davidson, Greensboro, Win ston-Salem, Hamlet, Mt. Olive, Ra leigh, Reldsvjlle, Salisbury, Wilming ton, Wrlghtsvllle Beach, Ashevlllc and Heudersoaville GERMANS EFFORTS TO ADVANCE LINE FRUITLESS Americans. Are Content to Hold the j Positions Gained. jvtn 1m DmnrlnHiJ Pm . 'Vith the American' Army oh the Alsne-Murne Front (noon) July Ill Efforts made by the' Germans' to ad vance their lilies against the Americans on this front last ullit -mill this fore noon "were fruitless. The Amerlcaut! for their part ' were content to hold their positions along their slightly ad vanced line for the time. The Herman line, however, is reported grnduully giving away both to the right nnd left. There was hard njfcllns throughout the night, , but Ho concentrated citnutcr attack iu force by either side. OUR WAR EXPENSES HIGHER THAN ENGLAND let Individual Burden of taxation s Only Half as Much ns in England. XBy The Associated Preaa.) Washington, July 31. America's wur expenses are now i uniting 50 per cent higher than those of Oreat Britain, :t was shown today by eompartsion oi treasury reports, nnd a newly issued British financial utateuieut. Owing to the shorter time the United States hits been In the war, however, h?r national war debt is only one-third large us that of Great Britain, aud the individ ual burden of taxation in tlii count rv Is now only about one-half .s much as in England. - TO INCREASE CAR FARES FROM 5 TO 7 CENTS Power Granted to Companies in Ra leigh, Durham, Charlotte and Winston-Salem. '. (By The Associated Press.) Raleigh, July 81. The North Caro lina Corporation Commission today granted petition of power companies in Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte ami Winston-Salem to increase street car fares from five to seveu cents on Au gust 1. The companies in these cities, however, are required to sell Cour tick ets for twenty-five cents, and school children must "be transferred ' to and from school for one seven cent fare. i .. .. , j CALLED INTO SERVICE 4 , FOR DUTY ON SHIPS 1 Orders Issued by the War Department I for Thousands of Reservists. ';!'. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, 'July 31. Orders have been Issued by the Wsr Department calling .into active service thousands of reservists for duty ; on ships con structed under the shipping board and the Navy's building program. The exact number of men transferred to the active duty list' was not announced, but. it was said to be for every man for whom space existed In training camps bad been summoned. : ; Czecbo-Slovaks ' Capture: . Railway ;..', , Bridce. ;v. v,;, ; (By The Associated Preas-lT ' London, July 81. The capture by Csecho-Slovaks in a surprise attack of large Tallway bridge at Sysram 'in the Volga region. Is reported In a Mos cow dispatch transmitted by the Cen tral Newt correspondent , at Amster dam.' . i-. '- . ; v v. ; ' V f ' ::;;'.', This capture, the, message says, se cures to Csecho-Slovaks in this region, communication with Siberia, s , - . No Peace Offer Made. 1 (By The Associated Press.) Londoh, July. 81. Speskiug in ie House of rontons today Arthur J. Bl four, the British foreign set'ieUr!" mid t i r ""'V government l'n'1 approached i i i ... rrs'irdm iiegotin r t B0LSHEV1KI REGIME TO END OF ITS TETHER The Russian Masses, Work man and Peasants, About To Rise In Anns Against Bolshevik! Tyranny. A REMARKABLE APPEAL IS ISSUED Bolsheviki Have Brought Widespread Evils on Rus sia, Destroyed Industry and Caused Starvation. tfy" Tfiie AMcltS Press) Ijondon, July 3L Information reach ing Stockholm says the correspondent of the Times there, shows that the Bol sheviki regime has come to the end of its (ether and that the Hussiun masses workmen and peasants are about to rise iu arms against Bolsheviki tyr uny. 1 Official representatives of the social revolutionary and social democratic parties in Russia have arrived in Stock holm, says the correspondent, aud have Issued a remarkable aptieal to the so cialists of Kurope. They call upon the socialists to form an international com mission representing all socialist par ties, to visit Russia, aud ascertain by direct investigation Whether the Rus sian socialists are not right in declar ing that the Bolsheviki have brought widespread evils oil Russia, destroyed industry, caused universal starvation, despotically oppressed the people and are now concerned in retaining power at all costs. .! THE CASUALTY LIST In Army List 36 Were killed Sn Action. Only 4 in Marine List. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, July 81. The lirmy casualty list today shws: Killed in action .'Kit died of wounds' 10 ; (lied of disease Codicil of aiiplauo accident 1: died of accident and other causes 5 ; wounded severely 07 ; wound ed, degree undetermined 15; tuissiii! in action 24. Total 11)4. v. is- The list includes tle following from North Ciirollnai-J4a!-v . Lieut. John W. Hnsseli; of Willinm ston. nnd Sergeant John I). Huffman, of Hickory, Mechanic Falson Harris, of Goldsboro, nnd Private Miller T. Parish, of Smitlifiekl, nil of whom were killed in action. Private Martin Vennble, of Winston Salem, who was wounded severely. Marine Corps List. Washington, July 31. The 'murine corps casualty list todny shows: Killed In action 1 : died of wounds received in action 2 ; wounded severely 12. Total 18. ' FELL FROM A MOVING AIRPLANE WITH PARACHUTE The First Experiment on Record. Dropped 00 Yards -and Landed Safe. (By The Amoi-lnted Pre With the American Army in France. Tuesday, July 30. Captain Sarret. a French aviator, his carried out the first experiment on record of falling from a moving airplane with a para chute. Captain. Barret dropped 800 yards with an umbrella twelve yards In diameter, and landed safely. FEW CONVOYED SHIPS LOST. About One in 200 Torpedoed, Says the British Admiralty. London, Jufy IHWAs an evidence of the efficiency of the convoy system since it was established by the admir alty about a year ago, it Is pointed out that the proportion of ships lost to those convoyed during that period has been littltjiver 1-2 per cent. . In other words, only one ship out of nearly 200 has been lost. . ' High School Auxiliary. The High School Auxiliary will meet at 0 :.'W) at Red Cross Headquarters, on Thursday morning. ' A good attendance is, requested as we want to finish up the work. Will each girl bring scissors and any scraps she may have? - ELIZABETH GIBSON. German Counter Attack Repulsed. - (By The Associated Press.) .Washington. July 31. The repulse of an euemy counter attack on the Hue of the Ourcq after severe fighting, nnd Improvement of the American positions there were reported In Gen. Pershing's communique for yesterday received to day at thp war department ; , Activity of German Artillery,' ' ' (Br The Associated Proas) , ' London,' July 81. The German artil lery displays considerable activity last night in the. region of Merrts on the Flanders front .taken yesterday by the Australians and In the Kemmel sector, the war office announced today. It wa also active on both sides of the Somme. Vv ':' . ' 1 , t ;, German - General ; Punished. . '. The German general,. Von Francois, has been, put on the- retired list as punishment for his failure In the of fensive in the reglou of Soissons, ac cording to an article n the Frankfur ter Zeltuug received yesterday by : ca ble. ( .Great Big Bargains in - : all Low Shoes at DARNELL'S ILL In the Region of Seringes-et Nesles, Which They Car ried After Violent Fighting Says Official Statement. GERMANS REPULSED BY FRENCH TROOPS Germans Made Four Attacks Against French Line East of Oulchy Le Chateau No General Change Made. (By The Aaaoetated Praa.) Paris, July 31. American troops maintained their positions in the re gion of Seriuges-et-Nesles, which they carried after violent fighting, accord ing to the official statement from the war office today. The Germans made four it tacks against the new French positions east of Oulchy Le Chateau. They were re pulsed, and the French line was held intact. The French and the Germans car ried out raids at a number of other points In sectors east and west of the Marne salient, but there was no change in the general situation at these points. CRUSH KAISER'S BEST Americans Defeat Elite of Hun Army in Violent Clashes. Albert W. Fox in Washington Post. American troops have met the crack Prussian Guards, the cream of Ger many's entire military organization. in a clash which the German high command appears to have earefullv planned as a trump card to sap the fighting spirit of the Americans. But the result of the clash has not gone according to the German scbediit The famed Prussian Guards, according to news flashed here last night, have been lien ten to a standstill. The German coup against the Amer icans was launched south of Sergy, four miles east of Fere-en-Tardenois. and appeal's to have been timed to catch Pershing's 'mmi when they had been worn out by the continuous des perate fighting which has Iieen going on in this area. The village of Berg changed bauds four times until it fin ally was wrested from the Germans nnd this may give an adequate Idea of the desperate thrusts and counter thrusts. The Prussian Guards are relied upon in German to deliver the coup de grce. in situations of precisely this charac ter. Before the war I have seen these Prussian Guards in mimic warfare storm high woodeu walls at the Berlin stadium while the crown prince np plauded from the gallery surrounded by his brothers and aids. "When the guards attack, there can he no defense," was the comment at that time of a young Prasinn officer who stood by as the Germans clnm. bered with acrobatic ferocity over the wooilen walls and helped each other up and over with time-table precision Details are lacking as to what hap pened when the Prussian Guards fell with all their desperation against the Americans. The defense of Pershing's men Is referred to as having proved a "stonewall." and It' is clearly llidi cated that the onslaught broke down completely before it. ASH INCRTASE IN PAPER PRICES Manufacturers Appeal to Trade Com mission, Alleging Higher Costs. Paper manufacturers yesterday ap pealed to the Federal Trade Commis sion for Increased prices on news print as of May 1, June 1 and July 1. The American Newspaper Publishers' As sociation objected to a hearing, con tending that the commission's func tions as arbiter on paper prices were suspended pending a decision on the manufacturers' appeal from the $3.10 a hundredweight price fixed by the com mission anil effective last Aorll 1. Without passing on the publishers' contention, the commission decided to hear evidence, beginning today. Henry A. Wise, of New York, coun sel for the manufacturers, said the In crease ' was requested because of ad vanced costs of labor and material and freight rates. Cost of wood for making paper, he told the commission, has In creased 35 per cent. Only developments In the cost of manufacture since April 1 will be con sidered by the commission, Chairman Colver announced. JAIL GERMAN IN RADIO HUNT. Officials Seek Plant Believed to Have 'd v Talked to VBoats. " New , York, July 29. Bruno Opper man, a German, was arrested on his farm near EngUshtown, N. J and brought here today by agents of the Department of Justice as a dangerous enemy alien. A wireless outfit and a high flag pole which could have been need forverlals was said to have been found on the place, , Several weeks ago, when U-boats were operating off the New Jersey coast, the authorities made an effort to locate a wireless plant believed to be in communication with the' submarines, Opperman' farm where the owner lived alone 1 In the nine belt and Is well secluded The federal agents found in his house a German military pass made out to "Kelnrich Gruns Opperman,"- which the suspect admitted was Issued to him. - He was sent to Jail pending In vesication. Arrived Safe Overseas, ; fcgt' Samuel Oft-Oa)-.! Mitfor Suppl THE AmERlCAHS ST HI POSITIONS tram, , There Is a fasnliu' !n I "miry ronii '! nl ;'. r , 't f OBJECT NOW TO KILL ILE General March Says all Oth er Objects Have Been Sub merged in the Rheims-Sois- sons Salient. ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO MORE DIVISIONS General March Said There Would Be No Distribution of Casualties Over Long Period Hereafter. (Br The Associated Preaa.) Washington. July 31. The sole ob ject of the allies and the Germans in the Soissons-Rhelms salient, now is to kill as many men as possible, General March, chief of staff, said today at the semi-weekly conference with news paper correspondents. Whatever ob jective either side had at the beginning the General said, has Ixk-ii sulimeried by developments in the fighting. General March pointed out that the salient had Iieen flattened, thus dissi pating any hopes of the allies bagging large numbers of the enemy. German withdrawal since last Saturday has re. duced the length of the line another ten miles to 54 miles. The maximum German retreat in the center is four teen miles Arrival of the 42nd (Kainbow) di vision and its participation in the fighting east of Fere-eu-Tardenols was announced. The 3rd regular division also was identified as its action at Sergy and (Merges where the crack German guurd divisions have leen de feated iu recent fighting by American troops. General March announced the forma tion in the United States of six more divisions, nnmliered from 15 to 20. As In the case of the six divisions announc ed Inst week, these will be built around two regular infantry regiments in each case. General March announced also the conversion of fifteen national army regiments, numbered from .101 to 315 into field artillery. These will comprise part of the artillery milts for the new divisions. - - 1 ' Gen. March had nothing to reveal as to the extent of the casualties sustain ed by the American forces In the re cent fighting. He enld. however, th.it Gen. Pershing has been ordered to Pilil'- the casualties ns received, nnd that these 'would be given out here at once. He added there t would lie no distribu tion of casualties over a long period hereafter. - MR. MeADOO TO THE RAILROAD EMPLOYES In Return for Increase of Pay New En ergy Must Be Shown, and There Must Be No More Strikes. ! (By The Associated Press.) Washington, July 31. Railway em ployees were told todny by Director General McAdoo In announcing details of the wage- increase for more than 500,000 shop men, that the nation ex pected new energy from the workers In return for pay Increases, and improve ment hi employment conditions, ' and that strikes and other labor disturb ances must he eliminated during the war. ENGINEER AND FIREMAN DEAD 'AS RESULT OF. WRECK Wreck Occurred Near Lynchburg Yes terday Afternoon. (Special to The Trlhaae) Kullulwirv .Tnlv S1 Rnirhieer Sam Elmore, fireman Sam Tyree, and brake- man Dick Hoffman are dead as the re sult of a wreck near Lynchburg yes terday afternoon. Tanks in Masses, Win for the Allies, Says a German. The Hague, July 20 The war' cor respondent of Vorwaerts, the Berlin Socialist organ, says General Fochs counter offensive cost the entente dearly, but it is a mistake to assume that a kpiikHiIp weakening of the French army's fighting power was thereby occasioned, because General Foch utilized his forces In such a man ner as to spare the French forces. He adds that Foch's method of employing tanks iu masses was new and surpris ing. " '-..- .... "While France possessed at the be-ji ginning or tins year aoour sj tanss E rtf0. "son oi ntiii.ni this ttme Great havoc was wrought by the Ger mans In the destruction of these tanks. Foch's newest method, like all others used hitherto,' will soon grow old. He may ' succeed )n effecting a surprise with Ins evacuation ' tactics,, in the Chamnagne by the employment of a tank sauadron or the ruthless throwing foreign troops Into the attack, but it is unlikely to happen again." v ',';'; ;',; At the Theatres, :tc-'yi At the New, Pastime today you may see 1 Edward Earle and Florence Deshon In VOik! Thousand Dollars," adapted from onevof O. Henry's stor ies. Also the Allies Wr Kevlew, the latest happenings from the war front. Little Zoe Kae at the New Piedmont today In her masterpiece "Danger Within," 'supported by William, Car roll and Winifred Greenwood. . This Is a clean, sweet Bluebird story. Tomor row, Hoy St c want In "Paying His Debt," 4 ' Annual Widrnhouse' Reunion. Tho Widenhottse annual reunion will be ,held Thursday, August 8th st the 'Vnrtin Wldimlimise boniestcinl. AH rtiweiiilnnts are rordhtlly lnvlt- I di I ALL THE MEN POSSIE IS i; In Spite of the Efforts of the Germans To Check the Pressure of Allies North of the Ourcq River.' ;. WEDGE IS DRIVEN V, INTO ENEMY'S LINE. All the Repeated Counter;. GERMMi POSITIQ HREIHGRAVEDA Attacks Launched by the Germans Within . the Past Two Days Have Failed. ,j. -n Undated ttar Lead. (By the Assoc!- ' ated rress). In spite of tremendous efforts of the Germsns to check the ,.. pressure of the allies north of the On mi river, today finds the Genuen positions there in grave danger. French British and American troops, rigntmg their way forward to the east of Fere- en-Tardenols, nave unven a weugc in to the enemy's Hue and seems to be in a position to compel s hurried retreat from Koucheres and St Gemme at the extreme bottom of the salient between . . Soissons and Rheims. The allied line today runs south from ... Soissons to Grand Rozoy and then It begins to turn to the east It passes Just north of Fere-en-Tsrdenois, and continues to the apex of the wedge at the village of Nesles, where It turns sharply south toward Roncheres. The ' allies advance in this region seems to have placed them in a dominating posi tions. , All around the salient there has been a continuous oatiie ouriug me iasi k two days with the Germans launching; repeated counter attacks against, the t allied lines. They have U failed and the allies have gained Important ground at vital points. Immediately south or soissons an j west of Rheims. the German lines are strongly held, but the enemy efforts to Improve his positions in the latter re gion have been broken down. - : ' There now seems to be little doubt ' that the Germans will retreat to the Vesle river as soon as possible, any possibility of making a Stand north of the Ourcq being seemingly -""gone. ' Against the new British positions t : Merrts; in -the fcyssetiemwnei!e.uie ri Germans were driven back by a sur-, v prise attack on Tuesday there has been heavy bombardment. THE COTTON MARKET. - Reports of Good Rains In Tens Cause Sharp Break In Prices. " (Br The Associated Press.) - New York, July SL-rReporte of good l rains in Texas caused a settling at , the opening of the , cotton market . which broke prices rrom zi to ao points. The weakening .of the techni- cal position by yesterday's Tapld ad vance resulted In a limited demand by shorts on the decline today and prices dropped easily on the call, October selling at 25.10 and uecemrjer ai z.oi, s followed by later rallies of about .5 to x 10 points, due to good buying by-Liverpool and western belt forecast; in dicating fair weather. ; ; Cotton futures opened steady: uo- tober 25.25; December 24.67; January ' v 24.45; March 24.50. An Excusable Lapse, London, July 31. Sir-- William Robertson, who, has been appointed J General Officer CommailIng-UraklM . for Great Britain le a typical -ongh-and-ready soldier. , ' .-;---'- - One dav during the early stases or the war, when, hi his capacity of (uar- termaster-General, he was ousiiy or anlsing the transport arrangements be tween Calais and the British field base, he stopped by the way to "lend a hand" assisting In hoisting a heavy motor lorry out of a ditch. Returning to his car, which had halted some little dls tance off, he passed a sentry. The man failed to present arms. . Sir William, who, despite hla com- , plete tack of official "starch." in , stickler for military etiquette, paused, -wheeled round, and walked up to the . sentry. .... "Why didn't you salute mef he ask ed.'. : .':.' ''-'" " -J-' 1 ' --'"'-' "P p-please, sir I didn't, know whd t ' 7 ,., W-m .t his nmm too smart uniform, grimed with oil and -dust from close contact with the lorry,' and smiled grimly. ' "Well," he said. "I may not -look Just now like a blankety general. But I am one.". . . . ,, - .. inii vwe Postofflees Fail To Keep Enouen War StanuM. Winston-Salem. July 30. The fail ure of postofflees to keep for sale an adequate supply of war savings stamps is again retarding the sale of stamps in many counties of the State and is hindering the general progress of the war savings campaign. Complaints are coming to state headquarters here from ; counties as far east as Currituck and as far west as Yancey, that stanus cannot be bought at the postofflees and that there are no other agencies ouer ing stamps for sale., :' .-. -. v ; Little Girt ta Drowned at WrS.V.sv'." j 1.-,. r- .,.'sV-," Beach. "," ' . Wilmington, July 80. The first fa tality of the beach season was re tered this afternoon when Grace J ' dan, seven years old, was swept oi I t ea off Lumlna at the extreme em end of Wrlghtsvllle beach i drowned before aid could be g ' her. i. The little girl was on t! e 1 the day and while in li;: ed out too far and undertow. The 1' " v- :
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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July 31, 1918, edition 1
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